Fastener



(N9 Model.)

-C. H. TESCH.

FASTBNBR.

No. 801,289. Patented Mar. 29,1898.

UNITED l .STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. TEsoH, or MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

FAsTI-:N ER.

SPECIFICATION formnglpartof Letters Patent No. 601,289, dated March 29, 1898.

Application filed July 3, 1896- Serial No. 597,970. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known thatA I, CHARLES H. TEscH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident ofMilwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fasteners; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clearand exact description thereof.

My invention has for its object to improve that class of fasteners embodying slides that are drawn along guides arranged parallel to openings in various articles-such, for instance, as shoes, gloves, and corsets-the said invention consisting in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts hereinafter set forth with reference'to the accompanyin g drawings and subsequently claimed.

f Figure 1 of the drawings represents a plan view of a portion of a shoe provided with a fastener of my invention. Fig. 2, a detail transverse section indicated by line 2 2 in the preceding figure, and Fig. 3 a plan view of a slide that may be substituted for the on shown in the first figure.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents a shoe lprovidedV at each side of its longitudinal foot-.opening with a. series of guides arranged at suitable 'intervals apart, each guide being entirely separate and distinct from all the others in the series, in order that the material to which it is attached may have unimpeded yield to the movement of a foot in the shoe when the latter is closed by. a slide C, that operates in conjunction with all the guides. guide is in the form of a sleeve B, parallel to the foot-opening in the shoe, and each sleeve i's preferably provided with an attachingshank h, although other` provision may be made for its connection with the shoe or other device. A slot c is formed in each sleeve the whole length thereof to face the adjacent opening of the shoe or other device to which my invention is applicable, andthe width of this slot is less'than the diameter of the sleevebore for the purpose hereinafter set forth.

While the guides -B are necessarily in series on opposite lines, they need not be parallel to each other in pairs, as herein shown, it being just as practical (and perhaps preferable in some instances) to have the guides in one series break joints with those of the other series.

As herein shown, eachv The slide C is made in such conformity with the guides as to be drawn along the same, but held thereto against lateral displacement. The form of slide shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is a strip of material having the longitudinal edges and lower end thereof bound with a spirally-run wire d, said slide being pliable throughout its length. For a shoe it is preferable to have the body of the slide made from kangaroo leather, the latter being very tough and pliable.

By employment of spirally-run wire instead of cord as a binder for edges of the slide stitching is avoided, and there being no stitches to Wear or rot .the binder will hold its place with reference to said slide. It has also been lfound by experiment that s'pirally-run wire as a slide-binder is preferable to any other metal binder, as it is far more economical and requires no rivets or other fastenings liable to work loose. Mybinder being in the form of a spiral spring it conforms readily to fleX-' ure of theslide, this being a matter of considerable importance.

Rigidly secured to the upper end of the above-described slide'by the wire d or other- Wise are cords e, that are threaded through the guidesB and serve as pulls by which tol engage said slide with said guides and thereby close the intervening opening, these cords being matters of convenience rather than necessity, inasmuch as some other form of pull `may be employed or the slide may be devoid .of any attachment designed to facilitate its engagement with the guides.

Fig. 3 illustrates the slide as being made in two sections C C', united by a lace-cordf,

engaging suitable eyes, the outer edges of tinued at the lower edge of said slide the draw of the latter in an upward direction is limited.

From the foregoing it will beunderstood that the slide cannot become automatically detached from its guides should there be IOO yield of the shoe or other device in a direcand having the form of longitudinally-slotted sleeves, together with a Vflexible slide comprising lace-connected sections having a binding of spirally-run Wire engaging the guides.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, in the 2o presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES II. TESCH.

Vitliesses:

W. G. CLUcAs, WILLIAM D. ANDERSON. 

